One thing that no visitor to Memphis should leave without doing is to take a tour through all the places where Elvis Presley lived and loved and worked in the city. There are countless buildings that played an important part in his life, and if you take a tour of Memphis in the company of an expert local guide, the tour of the city can give you a great deal of insight into the history of the city, as well as telling you more about the kind of lifestyle and culture that created Elvis’ music, and underpinned his ethos throughout his Music career.

On an Elvis tour of Memphis, you will see the house where he grew up dirt poor and eating squirrels, visit the diners that he frequented in the 1950s and where he developed a lifelong fondness for cheese burgers, and then finish the , pass by the Sun records studio and the various places where he played his music, before finishing the tour with a quick visit to Graceland, the home that he shared with Priscilla Presley and where he ate enormous banquets of cheese burgers and ice cream that were fit for a king.

Aside from Elvis Presley, another of the famous people from Memphis Tennessee was the leader of the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Junior. Those with an interest in this side of American culture – the struggle for equality that was promised in the declaration of independence will love the chance to explore the areas of the city where King grew up, preached, developed his keen sense of social justice. You can even go into the room at the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Junior was staying when he was shot dead by the assassin James Earl Ray.

The Martin Luther King National Historic Area is one of the most hallowed spaces in the USA, and is an important place to visit during your visit to Memphis. By touring it with a guide, you will be able to find out more about the history, and learn more about the importance of what happened in the city back in the 1960s.